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Chasing marijuana users comes at too high a cost
Todd Buchholz May 29, 2012
Decriminalizing marijuana could help ease taxpayer burden.
Small Talk: Birthday clown, the oldest booze cruise?
Brendan Newnam May 14, 2012
The news that didn't quite make the headlines. This week: 'Official' Dodgers fan ganja, recreating the world's oldest beer and Dominic Deville, the scary Swiss birthday clown.
Tahoe ski resorts bid for Winter Olympics
Jeff Tyler May 8, 2012
Squaw Valley hosted the Olympic games back in 1960. The company hopes history repeats itself.
Colorado corporations buy Tahoe ski resorts
Jeff Tyler Apr 17, 2012
Companies from Colorado bring jobs and capital to Lake Tahoe's ski industry, but also higher prices and local dissent.
Small town in Spain considers growing marijuana
Tom Burridge Apr 11, 2012
Over 50 percent of a small village in northern Spain has voted in favor of a plan to allow marijuana to be grown there. The aim is to generate money for the village to help wipe out its debt. However it's still unclear if the idea will go ahead.
'Fracking' moves to the suburbs
Kirk Siegler Dec 27, 2011
As new technology allows drilling in unexpected places, oil and gas operations are moving into populated areas.
Lessons learned from Washington's down-to-the-wire deadlines
Jeremy Hobson Dec 23, 2011
What have Wall Street economists learned from watching Washington lawmakers duke it out over things like extending the payroll tax cuts?
The pros and cons of the payroll tax cut
John Dimsdale Dec 14, 2011
The payroll tax cuts expire at the end of the year, and the clock is ticking to make a decision to renew them or not. Why can they help or hurt the economy?
Diane Lim Rogers: Public is ready to hear about the tough decisions
Jeremy Hobson Nov 22, 2011
We speak to Diane Lim Rogers, chief economist at the Concord Coalition, about some of the positives that could come out of the super committee failure.
Super committee is latest in a long line of debt solution attempts
John Dimsdale Nov 21, 2011
As it looks more and more likely that the super committee will fail to reach a deal, a look back at previous attempts to solve the debt crisis.
